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Sri Parthasarathi thunai,
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

? Mattrondrum vEinda Maname Madhilarangar
Kattrinum meitha kazhalinai keezh- uttra
Thirumaalai paadum seer Thondaradipodi Emperumaanai
Eppozhudum peesu?

? Srimat Krishna samahvaya Namo yaamuna soonave 
yetkadAkshai kalakshyAnAm sulabha: Sridara: sadaa?

Pranams,

Paasuram-41

?vAnulAr ariyalAgA vAnavA enbharAgil
thEnulan thulabha mAlai senniyAi enbharAgil
voonamAyinagal seiyum voonakAragargalElum
pOnagam seitha sEdam tharuvarEl, punidhamandrE.?

In this paasuram, alwar talks about the greatness of bhAgavata uchchistam (left 
overs). Sage naradha is regarded as a parama bhaktha by all. But he attained 
this position only due to the bhagavata sEsham. In his previous birth, naradha 
was a son of a servant maid. During one chaturmAsyam, some sadhoos came to 
their village and were deeply involved in bhagavat vishayam.Naradha?s mother 
was doing service to these sadhoos. She was a bhAgavatai and hence she had 
instructed naradha to regard the sadhoos with respectand do service to them 
when she was not there. He and his mother had onlythe left over food, of the 
sadhoos as prasadam. Due to this, naradha became clear in mind and body. The 
sadhoos pitied the boy and taught him the bhagavan nAma. Till the end of the 
chaturmAsam, naradha used to always stayaway and listen to all the discussions 
of the mahans, thereby he started getting attracted to bhagavan and bhagavat 
vishayam. While the sadhoos leftthe place naradha cried but they told him to 
meditate on bhagavan, who will give him everything. Naradha did the same. He 
got vairakhyam to the level that he didn?t even feel for the death of his 
mother, who was his only relation. He just left to the forest and started 
meditating deeply without any hindrance. Perumal gave darshan to naradha for a 
second and then disappeared. In the next birth, naradha became a deva rishi, 
respected by all and also became the guru of many like prahlAdan, druvan and 
others. All this happened only due to the bhAgavata kataksham and the greatness 
of the bhAgavata prasAdam. In this paasuram also, alwar reverberates the 
greatness of bhAgavata prasAdam.

vAnulAr ariyalAgA vAnavA enbharAgil: The devas have a higher position thanall 
of us but when it comes to understanding bhagavan, they are also as ignorant as 
us. Because even the Vedas are unable to fully understand the magimai of 
emperuman. The devas run to bhagavan for help but at many times they are unable 
to see him. They either hear his voice as asireeree or they get the answer 
through brahma (while in his penance). That?s why even inthe gajendra mOksha 
vriththAntham we see that even the devas were waiting to see who the 
?Adhimoolam? was. So if one understands that emperuman is the supreme, not 
understood by even the devas, (Here Sri PVP goes deeperinside and says in his 
vyakhyanam that, if one is capable of understandingemperuman to be the sole 
upAyam) and,

thEnulan thulabha mAlai senniyAi enbharAgil: If he understands emperumannot 
only as parmAtma but also as our perumal, who accepts the small thulasi garland 
given to him by his bhaktha with great regard and always wears iton his chest, 
then (Here Sri PVP in his vyakhyanam says, one who accepts emperuman as upEyam)

voonamAyinagal seiyum voonakAragargalElum: Even if the person was a great 
sinner in the past, killing number of jeevatmas and not stopping with that he 
has also made others do the same still,

pOnagam seitha sEdam tharuvarEl, punidhamandrE: If such a bhAgavata who has 
realized emperuman to be the upayam and upEyam gives his left over prasAdam 
(they generally won?t, but if he accepts to give) then it should be considered 
to be the most sacred, says alwar.

There are many prayaschittams for various papams given by the rishis. But for 
bhAgavatas these prayaschittams are not necessary. Just on realizing that 
emperuman is everything, upAyam and upEyam if they surrender into his feet then 
all the sins are washed out. Thondaradi podi alwar himself got a little 
side-tracked from bhagavat bhakthi and got involved in lowkika kAmamfor a short 
period due to bhagavat sankalpam. But after realizing his mistake he didn?t 
follow any prayaschitta kAndam and do any prayaschittam instead he totally 
ignored his past and rolled in the pAda-dhooli of bhAgavatas and even changed 
his name from vipra nArayanan to thondar- adi- podi(thedust under the feet of 
bhagavatas). So for the bhagavatas only the realization is important and If one 
realizes the same then he has to be regarded with great respect and if he gives 
his prasadam it has to be accepted as maha prasadam and very sacred. Rishis and 
alwars may have said many things but our acharyas showed us the same putting it 
into practice (AchAra prathamO dharma:) 

Thirukachchi nambigal was not a brahmin but Ramanujar was a high class Brahmin 
still he wished for the prasadam of thirukachchi nambigal. When he couldn?t get 
it he lost heart. It became one of the reasons for ramanujar to take up sanyasa 
and become ethirajar. When it was a clash between bhAgavata prasadam and family 
life, our acharya considered bhAgavata prasadam asmore important and sacrificed 
his family life for it. Such is the importance given to bhAgavata uchchistam by 
our acharyas.

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam
Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai
Sumithra Varadarajan


 



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